• Journal of Semiconductors
  • Vol. 40, Issue 11, 112601 (2019)
Haochuan Wan1, Yunqi Cao2, Li-Wei Lo1、3, Zhihao Xu1, Nelson Sepúlveda2, and Chuan Wang1、3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
  • 2Electrical and Computer Engineering, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, United States
  • 3Institute of Materials Science and Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri 63130, United States
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    DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/40/11/112601 Cite this Article
    Haochuan Wan, Yunqi Cao, Li-Wei Lo, Zhihao Xu, Nelson Sepúlveda, Chuan Wang. Screen-printed soft triboelectric nanogenerator with porous PDMS and stretchable PEDOT:PSS electrode[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(11): 112601 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The recent development on wearable and stretchable electronics calls for skin conformable power sources that are beyond current battery technologies. Among the many novel energy devices being explored, triboelectric nanogenerator (TENG) made from intrinsically stretchable materials has a great potential to meet the above requirement as being both soft and efficient. In this paper, we present a lithography-free and low-cost TENG device comprising a porous-structured PDMS layer and a stretchable PEDOT:PSS electrode. The porous PDMS structure is formed by using self-assembled polystyrene beads as the sacrificial template and it is highly ordered with great uniformity and high structural stability under compression force. Moreover, the porous PDMS TENG exhibits improved output voltage and current of 1.65 V and 0.54 nA compared to its counterpart with non-porous PDMS with 0.66 V and 0.34 nA. The effect of different loading force and frequency on the output response of the TENG device has also been studied. This work could shed light on diverse structural modification methods for improving the performance of PDMS-based TENG and the development of intrinsically stretchable TENG for wearable device applications.
    $I(t) = - \frac{{{\rm{d}}{\sigma _{\rm{P}}}}}{{{\rm{d}}t}}A, $(1)

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    $V(t) = - \frac{{{\rm{d}}{\sigma _{\rm{P}}}}}{{{\rm{d}}t}}A \times {R_{\rm{L}}}, $(2)

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    Haochuan Wan, Yunqi Cao, Li-Wei Lo, Zhihao Xu, Nelson Sepúlveda, Chuan Wang. Screen-printed soft triboelectric nanogenerator with porous PDMS and stretchable PEDOT:PSS electrode[J]. Journal of Semiconductors, 2019, 40(11): 112601
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